it doesn't work for 2 or 3 weeks. people who added me seems like they dont add me... or they delete me... but i am in their list

yeah. same thing is happening to me, and a  lot of other people. 

See also:

Contact list Clean-up problem
Clean up Concact

By any chance are either of you on Windows 7?

I'm on Windows XP.

im in windows vista

Oh well....there goes that theory then!

In which case just refer to my comment in another one of those threads i linked to above......it's not a 100% accurate feature so don't be surprised if the odd mistake happens, not to mention the fact it can take a while to update sometimes

It used to work perfectly though..


Now it just stopped working all together. It's just STUCK.

If someone deletes me, it says they still have me added.
If someone adds me, it says they don't have me added.
Instead of 100% accurate, it is 0% accurate. which totally sucks.

Even after I uninstalled messenger plus
and just checked the privacy settings, the people who it says has me added/dont have me added is stuck as well.

I don't think that's to do with Messenger Plus! Live though.  The Privacy settings are completely independent of Plus!, they're Messenger's own settings - it's where Plus! reads the contact cleaner information from, so there's nothing that can be done about it.  it's most likely just a server style issue with Messenger

so am i doomed forever?

Microsoft might fix this inaccurate-inverse-list issue, but we don't know

hehe.. ok.

is there any resolution ?

other than wait it out and see if it ever fixes on it own? noope..

No? This isn't controlled by Messenger Plus!. This is a server side notification issue with the Windows Live Messenger servers. It may be a temporary issue we don't know. We don't have access to it. The only information we can see about it is what is in the reverse list (which is provided by those servers. Plus! just simply puts a nice easy to use GUI around it.)

Also note that the some problems with the Contact List Cleaner, or in other words the Reverse List of Messenger itself, can be caused by manipulating the files of Messenger.

For example: removing or renaming wldlog.dll to 'fix' the problem of not being able to sign in, is one of these causes!
see -SOLVED- Windows Live Communications Platform has encountered .......

So, if you ever tried to fix a problem in Messenger by removing, renaming or hacking Messenger (like changing the version number), then please undo what you have done. Even if you did something like that in the past, with a previous version, the problem might still be there depending on how you upgraded to or installed the new version.

In most cases, this means completely removing Messenger and all of its components and files. Then download the newest version and reinstall. Using the repair function in 'add/remove programs' isn't going to work.

The Reverse List not being correct is just one example of the many underlying problems which will occur if you try to manipulate Messenger.

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Also note that the some problems with the Contact List Cleaner, or in other words the Reverse List of Messenger itself, can be caused by manipulating the files of Messenger.

For example: removing or renaming wldlog.dll to 'fix' the problem of not being able to sign in, is one of these causes!
see -SOLVED- Windows Live Communications Platform has encountered .......

So, if you ever tried to fix a problem in Messenger by removing, renaming or hacking Messenger (like changing the version number), then please undo what you have done. Even if you did something like that in the past, with a previous version, the problem might still be there depending on how you upgraded to or installed the new version.

In most cases, this means completely removing Messenger and all of its components and files. Then download the newest version and reinstall. Using the repair function in 'add/remove programs' isn't going to work.

The Reverse List not being correct is just one example of the many underlying problems which will occur if you try to manipulate Messenger.

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When I first got the problem I tried repairing & then just completely uninstalling and reinstalling windows live and plus. tried twice. but that didn't work.

what's the contacts cache? where do i delete that?
(and if I do delete it, what will it remove?)

\Documents and Settings\your_username\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Windows Live Contacts\your_windows_live_id\
\Documents and Settings\your_username\Contacts\your_windows_live_id\

Exit WLM and delete those two folders and it will force your WLM to re-download your contacts from the server, which may or may not re-synchronise your reverse list (and therefore contact cleanup). 

All this will remove is stored display pictures and log-in names for contacts who have been online.  It's worth a try, but it doesn't appear to have worked for aznmachine

PS: something else which will influence the Reverse List is the fact that if contacts didn't sign in for 135 days, they are actually removed from your list.

I dunno what 'removed' exactly means in this case, but I strongly suspect they are still visible as a list item in your contact list (which migh actually be a bug), but you will not recieve any updates/nick changes/etc anymore and you will probably notice that 'they don't have you' in the Contact List Cleanup. They aren't automatically added back; you must remove the contact and add it again yourself.

More about this can be found (somewhere) on http://help.live.com/

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PS: something else which will influence the Reverse List is the fact that if contacts didn't sign in for 135 days, they are actually removed from your list.

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PS: something else which will influence the Reverse List is the fact that if contacts didn't sign in for 135 days, they are actually removed from your list.

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Hmm, I've just had a look through my contact list and can't confirm that.  Just found one contact who hasn't signed in since December 2008 and they're still showing as "having me" in contact list cleanup.

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this is still a problem for me... and i know its unlikely to do with my side but some server side issue. There are 2 contacts that have deleted me but it still shows me as having them, not only that but I can still view their windows live profile including "What's new". In the past when these contacts deleted me I could not view their live profiles anymore and they showed up as having deleted me in msn but not now. How can I view their complete profiles if they've deleted me? Because for some reason on the msn server it hasn't updated that they have deleted me... and thats surely done from their side? I mean when they log in their contact list goes to the server right.. so it should update... but its not

This could be because of what I described before: If they have tampered with their Messenger files, the stuff they do with their contacts is not syncronized to the servers (and thus eventually to you).

Now, mind you that this _could_ be the case. I'm not saying it is the case for sure. But it sure fits 100% into what I described before as to what can happen when you attempt to manipulate Messenger in some wrong way.

Another reason might be that they actually did not removed you completely from their 'Allow List', 'Contact List' _and_ 'Hotmail contacts list'. Depending on their Messenger (and hotmail/live mail) settings they might still have you in some list. Note: When you delete a contact it can not completely be removed until that contact also deletes you from his/her contact list. Only then you can also remove the contact from your Allow List (Tools > Options > Privacy).

Another reason might be that they have disabled the option "Only people on my allow list can see my status". When they remove you, you would still be able to see their status, etc....

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this is still a problem for me... and i know its unlikely to do with my side but some server side issue. There are 2 contacts that have deleted me but it still shows me as having them, not only that but I can still view their windows live profile including "What's new". In the past when these contacts deleted me I could not view their live profiles anymore and they showed up as having deleted me in msn but not now. How can I view their complete profiles if they've deleted me? Because for some reason on the msn server it hasn't updated that they have deleted me... and thats surely done from their side? I mean when they log in their contact list goes to the server right.. so it should update... but its not

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